title: Palatally impacted maxillary canine with congenitally missing lateral incisors and midline diastema.
abstract: Multiple treatment options are available for patients who have impacted canines in addition to congenitally missing lateral incisors. This article describes the treatment of a 13-year-old postpubertal girl with bilaterally impacted permanent maxillary canines, missing lateral incisors, retained deciduous canines, and a midline diastema. The orthodontic treatment plan included extraction of the deciduous canines. A lingual and labial approach (1-couple force system) was used to move the permanent canines into the arch. Through a collaborative team effort, including an orthodontist and a periodontist, the outcome was excellent esthetically and functionally.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthodontics, Department of Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06053, USA. syadav@uchc.edu
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Madhur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uribe
authors.forename: Ravindra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000848:Anodontia / Q000628:therapy*; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D003970:Diastema / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007742:Labial Frenum / Q000473:pathology; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy; D008437:Maxilla; D057887:Overbite / Q000628:therapy; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome